Swanston v. Ijams
Citations
- 63 Ill. 165
Syllabus
<p>Action for money had and received—whether a payment was voluntary or compulsory—taxes illegally assessed. Where a. party paid taxes illegally assessed, and the only compulsion arose from the fact that his land was liable to sale under a void judgment, which could pass no title, it was held, that such payment could not be regarded as made under duress, and an action for money had and received would not lie against the county treasurer, to whom the taxes were paid, to recover them back.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \[A] mere remaining in possession under the terms of a parol contract of purchase of land is not sufficient to take the contract out of the statute of frauds.\
- \[A] mere remaining in possession under the terms of a parol contract of purchase of land is not sufficient to take the contract out of the statute of frauds.\
- mere continuance of possession taken under a contract made prior to an oral purchase contract will not take the case out of the Statute of Frauds
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Judges: Lawrence
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